Pool or billiard ball.



No. 666,333. 3 Patanted Ian. 22,190L- 6. H. STEVENS. r

POOL OR BILLIARD BALL.

' (Application filed Apr. 19, 1894.)

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GEORGE H. STEVENS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

POOL OR BlLLiARD BALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,333, dated January22, 1901.

Application filed April 12, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. STEVENS, of Toledo, county of Lucas, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poolor Billiard Balls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invent-i on relates to pool or billiard balls, and has for its objectto provide as a new article of manufacture a ball having arepresentation of a playing-card inlaid, stamped, carved, or otherwiseplaced thereon, whereby the game of pool or billiards may be renderedmore susceptible to new combinations in counting the points in the game,and independent specific games may be played at the option of theplayers.

The invention consists in inlaying, stamping, carving, 50., or otherwiseplacing upon the balls the representations of playing-cards appropriateto the game being played.

In the drawings I have illustrated in Figure 1 a pool-ball havinginlaid, stamped, carved, or otherwise represented thereon therepresentation of a playing-card. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a like View to Fig. 1, having a different cardrepresented thereon.

1 designates a pool-ball which comprises a ball round in cross-section,constructed as heretofore,and upon which is inlaid, stamped, carved, orotherwise represented a representation of a playing-card 2, a set ofpool or billiard balls as constructed in accordance with my inventioncomprising one complete suit of the cards inlaid, stamped, carved, orotherwise represented in succession upon each of the balls, the cue-ballhaving some distinctive mark or color.

In playing pool with balls constructed in accordance with my invention agreat variety of games may be played. As many of the same combinationsmay be produced as are produced in playing different games of cards,thereby making the game more interesting.

In playing rotation-pool the balls compris- Serial No. 507,255. (Nomodel.)

ing a set have the cards represented thereon and comprise a completesuit. By this arrangement any game of pool now played, as well asvarious new combinations, thus forming new games, may be played. Byrepresenting upon the balls the ace, king, queen, and jack of each suitthe game of poker-pool may be played, many of the same combination beingmade as are now played in the well-known game of poker.

While I have shown the representation of a playing-card as inlaid,stamped, carved, or otherwise represented upon two sides of the ball,this being the preferred construction, as the value of the ball isapparent in any position it may lie, I may place the representation upononly one side of the ball or I may place a plurality of representationsupon the ball, if desired, without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

While I have shown and described a new article of manufacture comprisingpool or billiard balls having inlaid, stamped, carved, or otherwiseplaced thereon the representation of a playing-card, it will be obviousthat I may inlay, stamp, carve, or otherwise place thereon anyrepresentation appropriate to the game being played.

What I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a pool or billiardball marked with the representation of a playing-card, substantially asdescribed.

: 2. As a new article of manufacture, a pool "or billiard ball markedupon diametrically opposite sides with the representation of aplaying-card, substantially as described.

3. A series of balls adapted for play on a pool-table, said balls beingso marked as to be divided thereby into groups, each group comprising aplurality of balls, all of the balls of the group bearing a common orgroup mark that is different from the common or group marks of the othergroups, and each of the balls of a group bearing a value-mark that isdifferent from the value-marks of all the other balls of its group,substantially as set forth.

4. A series of balls adapted for play on a pool-table, said balls beingso marked as to be divided thereby into groups, each group comprising aplurality of balls, all the balls of a group bearing a common or groupmark that is different from the common or group marks of the othergroups, and each of the balls of a group bearing a value-m ark that isdifierent from the Value-marks of all the other balls in its group butsimilar to the valuemark of a ball in each of the other groups,substantially as set forth.

5. A series of balls adapted for play on a pool-table, said balls beingso marked as to be divided thereby into groups, each group comprising aplurality of balls, all the balls of a group bearing a common or groupmark that is different from the common or group marks of the othergroups, and each of the balls of a group bearing a value-mark that isdifferent from the value-marks of all the other balls of its group butsimilar to the value-mark of a ball in each of the other groups, thevaluemarks for the balls being the value-marks such as are used inplaying cards, substantially as set forth.

6. A series of balls adapted for play on a pool'table, said balls beingso marked as to be divided thereby into groups, each group comprising aplurality of balls, all the balls of a group bearing a common or groupmark that is different from the common or group marks of the othergroups, and each of the balls of a group bearing a value-mark that isdifferent from the value'marks of all the other balls of its group butsimilar to the valuemark of a ball in each of the other groups, thevalue-marks for the balls being a sequence of the value-marks such asare used in playing cards, substantially as set forth.

7. A series of balls adapted for play on a pool-table, said balls beingso marked as to be divided thereby into groups, each group comprising aplurality of balls, all the balls of a group bearing a common or groupmark that is difierent from the common or group marks of the othergroups, and each of the balls of a group bearing a value-mark that isdifferent from the value-marks of all the other balls of its group butsimilar to the valuemark of a ball in each of the other groups,

the group-marks and value-marks for the balls being the suit-marks andValue-marks used in playing cards, substantially as set forth.

8. A series of balls adapted to play on a pool-table, said balls beingso marked as to be divided thereby into groups, each group comprising aplurality of balls, all the balls of a group bearing a common or groupmark that is different from the common or group marks of the othergroups, and each of the balls of a group bearing a value-mark that isdifferent from the value-marks of all the other balls of its group butsimilar to the valuemark of a ball in each of the other groups, thegroup-marks and value-marks for the balls being the suit-marks and asequence of the value-marks used in playing cards, substantially as setforth.

9. A series of balls adapted for play on a pool-table, said balls beingso marked as to be divided thereby into groups, each group comprising aplurality of balls, all the balls of a group bearing a common or groupmark that is different from the common or group marks of the othergroups, each of the balls of a'group bearing a value-mark that isdifferent from the value-marks of all the other balls of its group, andeach of the balls of the series bearing a value-mark that is diiferentfrom the value-marks of all the other balls, substantially as set forth.

10. A set of pool or billiard balls bearing representations ofplaying-cards, a card to each ball, the balls being arranged in suitsand in numerical progression, to correspond with the Whole or part of apack of playing cards.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE H. STEVENS.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM J. CASSADY, CARROLL J. WEBSTER.

